“Do The Devo” animated video project took the length of Nick Chatfield-Taylor’s residency at the Clocktower Gallery, which started October 1st and ended October 22nd. During that time over 160 people contributed, wither by animating a single frame, or a series of frames for a second or two second sequence. It was truly inspiring how many people were dedicated to being a part of creating s truly collaborative and large scale work of art. After Nick’s residency at Clocktower Gallery was over, we finished finishing backgrounds and minor touches at the Chicken Hut in between Hurricaine Sandy and Thanksgiving. It premiered on Wednesday Nov 28th, so doing the math quickly in my head it took about 57 days start to finish.

We wanted to do something experimental, interactive, and fun. I love all of Nick’s work, and his past music videos. We sat on a park bench one day discussed which song to use, and some concepts. A week later Nick said, “I have another idea…” And that was that. Nick’s vision and foresight saw this video through. He is half artist-extraordinaire and half mad-scientist. The perfect mix for a UDM video.